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Natural hazards · Queensbury

Queensbury, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Queensbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Queensbury?

21
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Queensbury to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves22%Lightning8%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Queensbury faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Queensbury flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Queensbury, from FEMA’s records.

27paid claims since 1979
$670Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 7 claims, $38K
  • Hurricane Sandy: 5 claims, $555K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Queensbury isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Warren County.
Disasters that hit Queensbury

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Queensbury itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Queensbury.

Brought FEMA money into QueensburyDeclared for Warren County only
2011

Hurricane Irene

24 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $90K to the Town of Queensbury for repairs
Warren County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.
Around Queensbury

Queensbury and the towns around it

Moreau: Very low, mostly inland floodingGlens Falls: Very low, mostly inland floodingKingsbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake George: Low, mostly inland floodingFort Ann: Low, mostly inland floodingBolton: Low, mostly inland floodingLake Luzerne: High, mostly inland floodingHudson Falls: Very low, mostly inland floodingFort Edward: Low, mostly inland floodingFort Edward: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Glens Falls: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorthumberland: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilton: Very low, mostly inland floodingCorinth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Low, mostly inland floodingArgyle: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarrensburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhitehall: High, mostly inland floodingDresden: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhitehall: High, mostly inland floodingHoricon: High, mostly inland floodingHague: High, mostly inland floodingHadley: High, mostly inland floodingCorinth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingQueensbury: Low, mostly inland flooding QueensburyMoreauGlens FallsKingsburyLake GeorgeFort AnnBoltonLake LuzerneHudson Falls
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lake Luzernemostly inland floodingHigh
Fort Annmostly inland floodingLow
Boltonmostly inland floodingLow
Lake Georgemostly inland floodingLow
Queensburymostly inland floodingLow
Glens Fallsmostly inland floodingVery low
Hudson Fallsmostly inland floodingVery low
Kingsburymostly inland floodingVery low
Moreaumostly inland floodingVery low
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Queensbury covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Queensbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Queensbury. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Queensbury total about $8.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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